In the science world there is this thing called "replication". If you take an experiment and do it over and over again and get the same results then you pretty much know what to expect the next time. If the results are something you don't want to have happen, then you have to, you know, change the experiment. After all, you already know the likely outcome.
Here we have Austria "re-imposing" a full COVID lockdown.
"Austria will enter a fourth national lockdown on Monday as Covid-19 cases continue to surge, becoming the first country in Western Europe to impose stringent measures this fall."
4th national lockdown?
Their first lockdown came in March 2020. They thought it worked because they saw a small blip. But as the chart showed, the reason for the "small blip" was that they were "out of season". It had nothing to do with lockdown. Then they had a quiet "off season". Again, they thought it was the masks they imposed. But we know that coronaviruses are seasonal.
In Oct of 2020 they introduced lockdowns again. However there was no effect and the spike was much larger than the first. This was their first 'full season". Note that by April of 2021 they were back down into the range of their April count. And I believe that the count in April was an undercount.
Not satisfied with the October one, they introduced anther in Feb 2021 which also did nothing.
Now with 65% of their population "vaccinated" they are having a case spike that is the largest they've seen. What changed?
Right.
The "good" thing about their current situation is that the death rate, which trails the case rate is slower than last season.
That aside. The whole "lets do another lockdown" is ridiculous.
"The country’s unvaccinated are already barred from leaving their homes for non-essential purposes.
Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced at a press conference on Friday that those lockdown measures would be extended to the entire country from Monday. The lockdown would last for a maximum of 20 days, Schallenberg said, but would initially be put in place for 10 days."
Here we are with governments deciding who and what work is "essential" again.
And oh look, those who took the shot and thought they were exempt are being locked up too. And yes, they are being locked up. This is an open prison. You are being locked up "for your own good". And I'm pretty sure a number of these people who took the shot(s) were looking down on the "unvaccinated" and sneering as they "got their freedom".
Oh, and you thought you owned your body?
"In a first for the region, he also announced that Covid vaccination would become mandatory in Austria from Feb. 1."
Ha. Sure.
Look, the only reason any of this is in effect is because:
1) The people accept it.
2) The police enforce it.
When the people stop accepting it and the police refuse to enforce it, the entire thing stops. This is why I have repeatedly put the spotlight on the enforcers (police). They are the gatekeepers. If they refuse to enforce these anti-human policies, then the policymakers are no more than speakers.
But the reason they do not is because of that human failing where once given power over others, a lot of people will "follow orders" because they get a kick out of being a person who can say "no".
There are a lot of such people in America. The one thing stopping them from going full Austria is that there is a large armed population. That large armed population is kept in check by a combination of respect for law and order, fear of the feds, and the occasional sheriff who tells his deputies to "act like they know." But trust and believe that if the US was as disarmed as these other countries we'd be in no better shape here.